Jumper’s knee is an inflammation or injury of the patellar tendon felt as pain, tenderness and functional deficit. This condition may interfere with or even end your patient’s sporting career regardless the age and is difficult to treat. Shockwave therapy offers simple and immediate solution. 

Pain of the shoulder can be caused by e.g. calcifications, impingement syndrome or frozen shoulder. All the indications are a source of dull to severe pain and limit the patients in their daily life.  In calcific tendonitis of the shoulder treated by the Shockwave the calcification disappears completely in more than 85% of the cases. Solution for a lot of cases is surgery or injections to which Shockwave therapy is a fitting substitute.

Tennis elbow is a frequent condition occurring in up to 10% of the general population. Unfortunately the conservative treatment of epicondylitis is lengthy (rest), includes medication (pain killers, steroid injections) and often needs repetition. Studies have shown that shockwave therapy on the other hand offers a rather prompt pain relief and cure with efficiency of over 70% in just a maximum of 5 treatments.

Cumulated microtraumas from repetitive overloading can result in chronic tendinopathy (tendinitis or tendinosis). Tendinopathies at various areas of the body are a widespread diagnosis of both the active persons and the general population.  Both inflammation of the tendon and damage on the cellular level are successfully treated with Shockwave. The number of sessions is typically 3–5 with 5–10 days in-between sessions.

Achilles tendinopathies are typically not related to a specific injury but often the result of repetitive strains over a long period of time or a sudden increased activity. This strain can also be caused by tight calf muscles, flat feet or poor biomechanics. 

However we know from research and looking at slides that this condition is associated with degenerative changes in the tendon and hence called a tendinopathy rather than tendinitis or tendinosis.

Your symptoms may be pain along the back of the foot and heel, stiffness in the mornings going down stairs, and able to palpate a tightening in the tendon.

Problems with the Achilles can manifest in two main areas, an insertional problem where the tendon meets the bone and compensates by causing tissue tightness further up the leg or a mid-portion issue. With insertional tendinopathies there may also be an associated spur or bony growth adding to the pressure on the tendon. It can be difficult to identify cause and effect here. The presence of a spur does not necessarily mean you will experience any pain and, it is not necessary to remove any growth before treatment, but there is also the chance the spur could be contributing to the problem and though the Shockwave treatment will usually relieve the symptoms, if the problem is being caused by the growth, the issue may return. Some researchers have confirmed that with Shockwave, some spurs or bony outgrowths can be removed.